Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster. "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" is the fifth out of five made for TV movies that spawned the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".

这部分作四集的长篇冒险故事，在第一集中叙述大力士与好友伊奥琉斯一同协助村民对抗一支凶残的亚马逊部落，但是在一场战役中伊奥琉斯不幸身亡。大力士则被俘虏、虐待、并威胁要取他性命，他却臣服于部落皇后希波利塔的魅力之下。后来大力士逃出部落，然而又出现另一个敌人对他穷追不舍，那就是他的继母天后海拉。海拉借用了希波莉塔的身体，并下令亚马逊人再次攻击村民，而且这一次不留活口。大力士虽知海拉已占据希波的身体，但由于已经对她的爱慕而不忍杀害她，海拉竟让希波活生生摔下瀑布死亡。大力士转向父亲宙斯求助，希望他能允许自己使用超能力，来让希波利塔与伊奥琉斯死而复生。当他施展神力后，时光倒转、人死而复生，但他是否能再次得到希波莉塔的芳心呢？